Re: [PATCH 09/11] config-batch: add 'set' v1 command

From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 10, 2026, 04:25 UTC
Message-ID: <3455bd60-abe4-429b-b684-340a713d0b13@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1cb68e4f-930d-456d-ba1b-b153e7a66524@app.fastmail.com>

On 2/5/2026 2:01 PM, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:

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> On Wed, Feb 4, 2026, at 15:20, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
>> [snip]
>> +`set` version 1::
>> +	The `set` command writes a single key-value pair to a config
>> +	file. It specifies which file by a `<scope>` parameter from
>> +	among `system`, `global`, `local`, and `worktree`. The `<key>`
>> +	is the next positional argument. The remaining data in the line
>> +	is provided as the `<value>` to assign the config.
>> ++
>> +------------
>> +set 1 <scope> <key> <value>
>> +------------
>> ++
>> +These uses will match the behavior of `git config --set --<scope> <key>
> 
> `--set` doesn’t exist. I think you meant `set`.

You're right. Also `git config --<scope> <key>` is the older mode. I'm not always catching myself using the old format. Or inventing a mixed-up one that never existed!

> Is there support for a user-provided file? (`git config --file=...`)

Not at the moment. It's worth thinking about what that interface would be within this query model.

My initial feeling is that we wouldn't want to accept arbitrary filenames on a per-command basis, but instead would want to provide an alternate file in the command-line arguments as a replacement for the local config.

Thanks, -Stolee